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Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńań

This Proto-Permic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Permic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-.[1][2] Compare Persian نان (nân) and Baluchi نگن (nagan). From Proto-Permic, the word has spread as a wanderword to other languages in the area.

Noun

*ńań (stem *ńań-)[2][3]

  1. bread

Declension
Declension of *ńań (stem: *ńań-)
singular plural
nominative *ńań *ńańjas
accusative indefinite *ńań *ńańjas
definite *ńańäs *ńańjasäs
instrumental *ńańän *ńańjasän
caritive *ńańtäk *ńańjastäk
consecutive *ńańla *ńańjasla
genitive *ńańlän *ńańjaslän
ablative *ńańliś *ńańjasliś
dative *ńańli *ńańjasli
inessive *ńańin *ńańjasin
elative *ńańiś *ńańjasiś
illative *ńańä *ńańjasä
egressive *ńańśań *ńańjasśań
approximative *ńańlań *ńańjaslań
terminative *ńańäʒ́ *ńańjasäʒ́
translative *ńańti *ńańjasti

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: нянь (ńań)
    • Komi-Yazva: нянь (ńań)
    • Komi-Zyrian: нянь (ńań)
    • Old Komi: 𐍝̀𐍐𐍝̀ (ňaň)
  • Udmurt: нянь (ńań)
  • → Proto-Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
    • Eastern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
  • → Proto-Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ня̄нь (nâ̄nʹ)
    • Central Mansi: нянь (nânʹ)
  • → Proto-Samoyedic:
    • Nenets:
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: няй (njaj)
      • Southern Selkup:
        • Narym: няй
        • Upper Ob: ней
  • → Proto-Yeniseian:
    • Ket: няʼнь (ńa'ń)

Notes
  • The spread of the word was most probably as follows: Proto-Permic > Ob-Ugric > Nenets > Selkup > Ket.[1]

References
  1. F. Siegl (2017) Wanderwörter, areality and borders – the word for ‘bread’ in selected areas of Eurasia‎, Helsinki, page 332
  2. Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “нянь”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
  3. Sándor Csúcs (2005) Die Rekonstruktion der Permischen Grundsprache (Bibliotheca Uralica; 13) (in German), Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 361
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